bulwark

bulwark is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 19 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.
2. noun. That which secures against an enemy, or defends from attack; any means of defense or protection.
3. noun. The sides of a ship above the upper deck.
4. transitive verb. To fortify with, or as with, a rampart or wall; to secure by fortification; to protect.
5. noun. a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

   Synonyms: breakwater, groin, groyne, jetty, mole, seawall

6. noun. a fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural)
7. noun. an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes

   "they stormed the ramparts of the city"

   "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"

   Synonyms: rampart, wall

8. verb. defend with a bulwark

Synonyms

breakwater, groin, groyne, jetty, mole, seawall, rampart, wall

Common word forms

bulwarks, bulwarked, bulwarking

Words from these letters

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